Many areas flooded in four districts; rescue efforts are on
Thousands of people were marooned in four Odisha districts following the rise in the water level in two rivers which were in spate due to cyclone Yaas-induced heavy rains.
While the Subarnarekha river caused limited scale flood in Balasore district, the overflowing waters of the Baitarani river contributed to floods in Bhadrak, Keonjhar and Jajpur districts.
About 20 panchayats under Baliapala, Jaleswar and Bhogarai blocks of Balasore could face flood due to the rising water level in the Subarnarekha. The district administration has urged people living in low lying areas to move to safer places.
Cyclone Yaas wreaked havoc in the beach towns in north Odisha and neighbouring West Bengal, as it hit the coast on Wednesday morning with wind speeds of 130-140 kmph, inundating low-lying areas amid a storm surge, officials said.
Cyclone Yaas weakens into deep depression
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It lies centred over south Jharkhand
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High tide water enters into the village area in Bahanaga panchayat in Balasore district during cyclonic storm Yaas landfall.
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It lies centred over south Jharkhand Heavy rain lashed northern Odisha on May 27 as cyclone Yaas dissipated into a deep depression over south Jharkhand and adjoining north interior Odisha.
According to India Meteorological Department (IMD), the atmospheric system moved northwestwards with a speed of about seven kmph during the past six hours and lay centred over south Jharkhand and neighbourhood, about 70 km west-southwest of Jamshedpur and 70 km south south-east of Ranchi.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], May 27 (ANI): At least 3 persons have lost their lives in Odisha when Cyclone Yaas made landfall, while Baitarani river has crossed danger level at Anandpur and Akhuapada, informed an official on Thursday.
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New Delhi:
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